Ali, Craig, John, Pauly and more fishing past weekend July 28th

Wanted to thank everyone that was out on the Sound last Sunday. it was a blast. I don't know the names of everyone (on the board) that was there. Would like to add to my buddy list so we can meet up again sometime. What was the final catch tally for the day?

I got two sculpin's on my turn, but no salmon.

P.S. I'm looking at picking up a dry suit (I was the only fool out in that weather in shorts and t-shirt). Any recommendations for one that stands up well to fishing and keeps you dry in a dunk on the Sound?

xtort (Pauly)

You wore a t shirt Sunday?  It was chilly so I went shorts and fleece jacket, as did the wife.


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Lee: I had the PFD over it. Trolling the whole time, the only thing that cold was my hands. If the water hadn't been so choppy I would have kept them in my pockets but had to continually fit the swells.

Was nice to meet you, Pauly.  I just had one salmon on the day, which after inspection by our resident salmon ID expert appears to have been a coho.  I thought I was better prepared to do some fish ID on the water, but definitely need more practice and to carry a cheat sheet.  So the bass-looking things you caught did turn out to be sculpin after all?

I was a bit cool on the water Sunday in full dry suit--I don't know how you managed in shorts and a T-shirt.  I definitely prefer having the drysuit over the farmer john wetsuit I used to use.  Latex gaskets are a bit uncomfortable still, but I like the greater freedom to move and ability to easily take the suit on and off when I get to/from the water.  I think most of the people here who have a drysuit use Kokatat angler semi dry suits.  I use a kokatat swift entry, which doesn't have a relief zipper or built in boots, but the price was right for how much I'm able to use it.

If it looked like a bass, it was probably a rockfish

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Stag horn sculpin and Rocky Mountain sculpin


-Rodney-